Hesham Eldesouky

Position:
Jumps
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Nasr City, Egypt
High School:
El Mostakbal School

Results

2020 Indoor: Competed in four meets for the Zips, including earning a third-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 24-.2.25 (7.37m) at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 28)...recorded a season-best mark of 24-5.50 (7.45m) to place second in the long jump at the Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 24)...captured titles in the triple jump with marks of 49-1.75 (14.98m) and 48-2.75 (14.70m) at the Akron-Central Michigan Dual (Jan. 17) and Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 24), while finishing second with a season-best mark of 52-2 (15.90m) in the elite competition at the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 14).

2020 Indoor Accolades: Academic All-MAC selection.

2019 Outdoor: An NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the triple jump...competed in eight meets for the Zips, including placing fourth and fifth, respectively, in the triple jump (49-7/15.11m) and long jump (24-1.50/7.35m) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 9-11)...recorded a school-record jump of 52-5.25 (15.98m) en route to placing seventh in the triple jump at the Beach Invitational (April 20)...posted four top-10 performances in the long jump and three in the triple jump...finished second in the long jump with a season-best mark of 24-1.50 (7.35m) at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 5) before equaling the mark at the MAC Championships (May 10)...turned in a mark of 48-11.75 (14.93m) in the triple jump at the Texas Relays (March 29).

2019 Outdoor Accolades: NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor Triple Jump).

2019 Indoor: Garnered second-team All-America honors in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 9) placing 14th with a mark of 49-3.75 (15.03m)...enters the NCAA Championships seeded 16th in the men's triple jump after registering a school-record mark of 52-6 (16.00m) to win the men's triple jump at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)...captured his first MAC title with a school-record mark of 52-6 (16.00m) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23), while also placing third in the men's long jump with a career-best mark of 24-6.50 (7.48m)...recorded three top-five performances in triple jump, including placing first at the MAC Championships and fourth at the Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 12) and Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9) with marks of 48-8.75 (14.85m) and 50-6.75 (15.41m), respectively...posted four top-10 efforts in the long jump, including placing third (24-6.50/7.48m), third (23-9/7.24m), fourth (24-2.50/7.38m) and eighth (23-5.25/7.14m) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 22), Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 25), Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 12) and Tyson Invitational (Feb. 8).

2019 Indoor Accolades: Second-Team All-America honoree (Indoor Triple Jump)...NCAA Qualifier in the triple jump...MAC Champion (Indoor Triple Jump)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor Triple Jump).

Personal: Majoring in civil engineering...son of Mohamed Eldesouky and Mervat Hassan.

4-9-20